Tag Archives: comparative effectiveness

Big Brother Is Watching Your Doctor

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Brian Schwartz

Government CER (Comparative Effectiveness Research) sounds like a progressive solution, but it is actually a frightening move that puts government detailers between patients and doctors and favors one-size-fits-none cost cutting over continued medical progres Continue reading →

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De facto death panels: all four pieces in place

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

All 4 pieces are in place for gov’t to deny life-saving medicine: Health Info. Technology to track doctors, comparative effectiveness research to decide what works, Accountable Care Orgs. to control doctors’ practice, & end-of-life counseling to inform patients. Greg Scandlen explains. Continue reading →

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ObamaCare: Insurers Need Permission to Survive; Citizens, to Live

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

This is the provocative title of Dr. Paul Hsieh‘s recent article in Pajamas Media. It begins: Suppose our government declared that everyone had the “right” to a nice steak dinner. The government would require restaurants to sell $50 steak dinners … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare is all about rationing

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

From Martin Feldstein in the Wall Street Journal: Although administration officials are eager to deny it, rationing health care is central to President Barack Obama’s health plan. The Obama strategy is to reduce health costs by rationing the services that … Continue reading →

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Instead of government comparative-effectiveness research

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

The current lack of comparative-effectiveness research is due more to government failure than to market failure. Federal tax and entitlement policies reduce consumer demand for such research. Those policies, as well as state licensing of health insurance and medical professionals, inhibit the types of health plans best equipped to generate comparative-effectiveness information. Continue reading →

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